Beautifully repacked edition of this stunning novel of contemporary & historical betrayal & revenge from the author of LADY ...

Its said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London then the Tower will crumble & the kingdom will fall. As it happens thats not so far from the truth.. . One by one the magical wards that guard the city are failing: the London Wall defiled with cryptic graffiti the ravens found dead at the Tower the London Stone destroyed. This is not good news. This array of supernatural defences
- a mix of international tourist attractions & forgotten urban legends
- formed a formidable magical shield. Protection for the City of London against.. .well thats the question isnt it? What could be so dangerous as to threaten an entire city? Against his better judgement resurrected sorcerer Matthew Swift is about to find out. & if hes lucky he might just live long enough to do something about it.. .

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Ellie Summer & Jasmine still have to find one more ingredient to save King Merry from getting stuck as a stink toad for ever. But mean Queen Malice is also about & she's determined to keep the girls from curing him. Can the girls defeat Queen Malice find the last ingredient & get the potion to King Merry before it's too late? ...

Elly Tash & Sierra are back for their most mysterious adventure yet. At a sleepover in Tash's tree house the girls are going through all of Old Man Blake's inventions trying to figure out what they are & what they're meant to do. When Tash pulls out a ghost detector the three of them can't resist trying it out. At first nothing happens but then it starts bleeping madly & when Elly looks out of the window & sees lights coming from the graveyard the girls know something's up. There are rumours that Sunday Island's haunted by the ghost of Old Man Blake so perhaps he's trying to tell them something about his inventions.. . But Sierra's sure that ghosts don't exist. So why is she scared of them? & if ghosts don't exist then who was it in the graveyard? Can the girls face their fears & solve the mystery? ...

1916 Calcutta. A man pauses for breath outside the ruins of Jheeters Gate station knowing he has only hours to live. Pursued by assassins he must ensure the safety of two newborn twins before disappearing into the night to meet his fate. 1932. Ben & his friends are due to leave the orphanage which has been their home for sixteen years. Tonight will be the final meeting of their secret club in the old ruin they christened The Midnight Palace. Then Ben discovers he has a sister
- & together they learn the tragic story of their past as a shadowy figures lures them to a terrifying showdown in the ruins of Jheeters Gate station.
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Three children whose parents have gone to America try to run a secluded West Country beach hotel on their own. The chaos mounts as they pretend there are adults in charge. A sinister guest brings danger. A ship is grounded off the beach & crates of washed-up cargo are there for the taking. But the wreck was no accident... ...

In a world of shadows & consuming passions desire is the deadliest weapon... Fuelled by pain & rage over a shattering betrayal the warrior Rio has pledged his life to the war against the Rogues. He will let nothing stand in his way
- least of all a mortal woman who carries a secret power. But now an ancient evil has been awakened & a new darkness is on the rise. For journalist Dylan Alexander it began in Prague where suddenly she is at the centre of a gathering storm of violence & secrets. But nothing is as dangerous as the scarred lethally seductive man who appears from the shadows to plunge her into his world of dark desire & endless night. Very soon Dylan will have to choose: leave Rios midnight realm or risk everything for the man who has shown her infinite pleasures of the heart...
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Undercover enforcer Sean Dillon is the target for a vengeance killer in this action-packed new thriller from the master of the genre
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After decades of warfare the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the rule of the Warlock King. But peace has been exacted at a terrible price
- a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect at worst deadly. To the south the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all of its less-civilised neighbours with rapacious hunger. All save one
- the Tiste Edur. But Lether is approaching a long-prophesied renaissance
- from kingdom & lost colony to Empire reborn
- & has fixed its gaze on the rich lands of the Tiste Edur. It seems inevitable that the tribes will surrender either to the suffocating weight of gold or to slaughter at the edge of a sword. Or so Destiny has decreed. A pivotal treaty between the two sides nears
- but unknown ancient forces are awakening. For the impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of an altogether more profound primal battle
- a confrontation with the still-raw wound of betrayal & the craving for vengeance at its heart. War & confrontation magic & myth collide in this the stunning fifth chapter in Steven Eriksons magnificent Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence hailed as an epic of the imagination & a fantasy classic in the making.





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World War II Eastern Europe: Tomas & his younger brother Andrej have fled their Romany encampment which has been besieged by the Germans; they carry Wilma their baby sister in a sack. In an abandoned bombed-out town the children discover a zoo. In it are a wolf & an eagle a monkey bear lioness seal chamois & llama. The animals tell their stories to the children as they try to begin to understand what has become of their lives & when they try to figure out a way to release the animals what it means to be free. ...